Ken Bob Running on treadmill in Dr. Lieberman's lab with force traces

Dear Ken Bob

Here is the synchronized video of you running in the lab along with the force traces. As you can see, you have a very elegant, perfect forefoot strike -- your foot almost looks like a plane coming in for a landing -- and of course no discernible impact transient. But, you already knew that!

All the very best

Dan (Dr. Daniel Lieberman - Harvard Skeletal Biology Lab)

PS Regards to Cathy and Herman
PPS You'll be happy to know that we have a large number of Harvard students now barefootin' along the Charles.

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[barefootkenbob]

There is no "Strike"... It's a gentle landing, or touch-down.

[Vader347]

Wow, that's great BKB! Thanks for posting this. I'm halfway into your book and really enjoying it. I'm amazed how subtle your forefoot strike is, I can see how without the slow-motion that it would look like a midfoot strike. Some of the pictures of forefoot striking "Kenyan Youth" (that appear in other sources) appear as a more pronounced drop but its helpful to know that one can eliminate the impact transient without that extreme a foot drop. Still much to learn but this helps, thanks!